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It put out a popular book series titled \u201cPoets of the Planet.\u201d The 100th book of the series was presented in a Minsk library on the last day of winter.<\/p>\n<p> Two months ago, security forces arrested Ko\u0142as and printer Aleh Sy\u010do\u016d. Ko\u0142as spent 10 days in KGB detention only to be released without charges.<\/p>\n<p>Supposedly irked by a book about the Belarusian-Polish border area in 1939-1941, the Ministry of Information requested that Ko\u0142as\u2019 company be closed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 11, BPN. Minsk\u2019s Economic Court has shut down \u0179micier Ko\u0142as\u2019 publishing house, the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) reports. The private publishing house is known for printing Belarusian translations of foreign-language fiction, poetry, theater plays, and children\u2019s literature. 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